‘It is 100 per cent preventable:’ World AIDS Day gathering held Regina

“The people who get what we call full blown AIDS are the ones who maybe didn’t recognize that they had HIV infection.” said Dr. Fiona Smaill, an HIV Specialist.

According to the CDC about 37 million people are living with the disease worldwide, and a year ago about 40,000 people were diagnosed with the disease in the United States.

“In California we are fortunate to have good access to treatment, testing, so you have people that are virally suppressed, but in the group of 13-25 year olds they aren’t getting tested so we are seeing a rise in new infections”, Jenny said.

With a red ribbon pinned to his shirt, Freeman hopes to raise awareness about the syndrome with many misconceptions. “Who are we pretending not to see, not to hear, not to be, and not to know? Why?”

But, on this World AIDS Day, activists say there’s still more work to be done. One HIV patient, diagnosed in the early 90s, says this approach is much different from what she experienced when she learned she was in for the fight of her life.

Indonesia is now home to 690,000 HIV positive people; many of whom still do not know their own health status.

“HIV is a disease ravaging our community”, student Paige Williams said. “You want to get tested today?’ It’s not even my event, but, I’m just still encouraging”.

“With these aggressive new actions and new, far-reaching goals, we will continue to do everything in our power to end the AIDS epidemic in NY and forge a path for the rest of the world to follow”.

Lange was diagnosed with HIV in 2012, at a time when he was living in Sydney, Australia.

DHHS community health outreach worker Shaun Peterson also said it was important to know the status of one’s health and stated in a news release that options for prevention and treatment are now better than ever. Globally, 1.6 million new infections among children were averted between 2000 and 2015.

The Utah Aids Foundation says 35 million people have died since the AIDS epidemic broke out in the United States in the 80’s.

“I was too scared to”, Duckett said, “I was scared of the stigma, I didn’t know if there was treatment so I ignored it”.